Fertiberia comfortably beat Barça B

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto secured a convincing 43–33 victory over Barça B in a match they dominated from start to finish with good defending and few concessions against a team that is quick on the counter-attack.

The match began evenly, but the red-and-whites soon opened up a lead on the scoreboard thanks to their good defensive work and goals from Jaka and Mirallave. The Blaugrana tried to reduce the deficit, with little success, as Nogués's side went into half-time with a six-goal lead (20–14).

After the interval, the match continued in the same vein and, despite making some concessions in the final stages, they comfortably defeated one of the teams near the top of the table. Although they are not challenging for promotion, they are among the league's most competitive sides. In the final minutes, the red-and-white coach gave the younger players some playing time; they held firm and did not allow the Barcelona side to close the gap on the scoreboard.

After the match, the manager said: “We played a very good match; the team defended well, and that is where these things are built at home. The team did what it had to do, and when it delivers, this is what happens: you beat a team like Barça, with a lot of individual quality, by 10 goals. I think we played a very, very good match.”

“Our intention was to stop them from running, and we achieved that. We conceded nothing because we barely gave the ball away. We knew, from the home match, that this was where they felt comfortable, and we worked on it.”

MATCH SHEET

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto. Montoya (4), Dija (2), Mirallave (7), Pocholo, Leo, Jaka (6), Marcos Dorado (1), Bruixola, Chueca, Celorrio, Alegre (2), Óscar García (4), Ángel (1), Josep (7), Camacho (2).

Barça B: Jorge Pérez, David Roca, Iosif (3), Adrià León (2), Juri Knorr (1), Pau Oliveras (6), Mark (1), Mamadou, Ramón Suarez, Robert Rosell (1), Eduardo Calle, Joaquim, Gerard, Klein (5), Estepa (3), Alex Pascual (7)

Scores by period

1–1, 4–4, 7–5, 9–8, 15–11, 20–14, 23–17, 26–20, 29–22, 33–26, 40–30, 43–33

Referees: Álvaro García Vico and Juan María Sanmartín Almazan. Two-minute suspensions for Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Montoya and Pocholo. Red cards for Jaka and Dorado. For Barcelona B: Mark, Ramón and Alex.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.